Heated toilet seat



Sept. 23, 1952 J. s. RYLAND 2,611,415

HEATED TOILET SEAT Filed June 6, 1949 2 SHEETS-SHEET l I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII/ "IIIIIIIIII;'\

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HEATED TOILET SEAT Filed June 6, 1949 v 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Fig. 3.

1 38 I ll 1 Jii/ III/1 I la 36 /2 36 34 20 32 Inventor F g 4 Junior 5. Ry/and Wadi 0 IIIIII ,2 B 2 11111111111 vi 11110171318 Patented Sept. 23, 1952 .5;-

, U ED. S TATE j OFF CE 1 i' i' i' 35 3 1? 3A I il t yl apd SantatBai-barm Galifiiil j -Aiip if'ationfhhiee, unseen No. M1455 2; series. (olgissa l-i This "invention relate new" andf nseiul I Figureiis'across sectional view; taken'substanprovements and structural refinements iii-' toilet tially inthe plane of the line i -:4 in Figure 2? seats, and the principal obieotor the invention Figu're5 is a rear elevational viewof the-inven-f is to assure comfort of the person: occupying the tion per se; g same, this-being ofparticularimportancein con- 5 Figure 6 is airagmentary cross sectional-de heetionwith toilet seats used by small children, tail, taken substantiallyin the-plane of theline althoughthe invention may, of coursebe em- 6 +B in 'Figure 3; I ployed by adults as well. V Figure-'7 is-a erspective "view-of a guard used The above mentioned object aehi'eved by in the invention; I Y V the'provision of a heated' toilet seat, ma ther 10 Figuresis a top plan view'showinga modified words-, a-hollow seatniproviding-a ohamber-to'reembodiment oiftheinvention; I V ceiveahquid heatingagent suchas hot water, Figure's'is a-cro'ssjsecti'onal detail; taken subsolithat ftheibodyefthet seat. is maintained at a stantially'inthe plane of -the-line9 -9 in Figure warm degree rort.temperature,. preferably-'that. of 8';" and* f the human body, thus assuringf'comfort' ofi'the Figure-1'0 is a fragmentary'orosssectional deuser, particularly small children who generally taiL similarto-that shownin' F fibut illusfind a 'cold toilet seat objectionable and thereby tmtifl'g'another o ified embddiment i develop a tendency to resist the use of a toilet. Like characters of refe'rence are e p yed to I am aware'that heated toilet seats have been ,desig'nate like parts' in 1 the specification and designedin the past,,some ,heated electrically and hi'dughblitth sevei' 'al'viewsi' others heated by water delivered thereto by flexi- "Referrin'g now to the accompanying drawings ble tubing froma hotwater pip in a bathroom, iii-detail, more particularly to Figures I-T thereor the like, "in which instances theto'ilet seat was o i h'e invention consists of a warming-deviceifor a permanent part of the toilet apparatus-and s; designated ge era ly-by r' could not'always be employed urit'hout discarding 25 ence character I0 and embodying inits-oon'structhe conventional, unheated seat. and sustaining i'qn' a h l wb dy l2 which conf rms su stanthe cost of the heated, aversion; :My invention, tiallyto theoonfiguration ore conventional toilet therefore, seeks to eliminate-this disadvantage seat'la and is adap d tub su i by providing a warming device in'the form of a n; as shown in-Figure t toilet seat which is adapted for positioning one hollow o Provides "Chamber; conventional toilet seat and which maybeiilled s be noted that "the rear p-ortionof e y with water and emptied in t e manner of a is formed integrally with a protuberance l8, wate b ttl t being adapted as a convenient which, in turn, is provided with a pair of outand an inexpensive accessory for any conven- Wardly pr l c ing-bosses 20, 22, is osed in sidetignal toilet equipment by-side or juxtaposed relation, as is best shown The invention may, of course, be manufactured figure in different sizes so as to suit children as well as The boss 22 18 provided with a Screw threaded adults, and some of the advantages of the invenbore 24 which constitutes inlet port? so to t reside in its simplicity of construction in its speak, whereby hot water may be poured into the leasin a eamnce n it da chamber IE, to which end the outer portion of the g i i j f m S a ptablhty to 40 boss 22 may be flared outwardly as at 26, so as with the above more important objects and to provide a funnel, so to speak, as will be clearly features in view and such other objects and ieag gfifig finer plug or screw 28 is receivable tures as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially fi gg gg or port constituting closure for of the arrangement and construction of parts as Similar] y, the aforementioned boss 20 is progfi ga in the acwmpanying drawings, in vided with a screw threaded bore 30 constituting an air vent port which is equipped with a closure Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the invenin t form of t plug 32 and as is t shown tion in situ on a conventional seat of a toilet; in Figures 3 and 6, the vent port 30 communicates Figure 2 is a top plan view of the invention per at its inner end with an adaptor 34 to which, in se; turn, is connected a vent tube 36. This tube is Figure 3 1s a cross sectional view, taken subdisposed entirely within the chamber 16 and ex stantially in the plane of the line 3-3 in Figtends around one side of the seat body I2 to the ure 2; 56 front portion or the seat body, at which point, in-

dicated at 38 in Figure 2, the tube is open and communicates with the chamber [6.

It will be observed from the foregoing that the water inlet port 24 communicates with the chamber IS in the rear region of the seat body while the vent pipe 36 communicates with the chamber in the front region of the seat body, filling of the chamber I6 with water being facilitated by simply removing the entire device from the conventional toilet seat l4 and removing the plug 28, after which water may be poured into the chamber l5 through the port 24. On the other hand, after the water has cooled and the chamber 16 is to be emptied, the plug 28 as well as the plug 32 are removed, so that water may be poured outwardly through the port 24 while air may pass into the chamber through the port 30 and'the tube 36, to displace the out-flowing liquid.

If desired, particularly in instances where the device is to be used by small children, the front portion of the seat body may be equipped with a removable guard 40, attachable to the seat body by a pair of resilient clips 42 (see Figure 7), and in addition, an arcuate back rest 44 may be removably attached tothe rear portion of the seat bodyl2 by a plurality of screws 46, or the like, this guard and back rest being heated by the heating agent in the chamber l6, by the thermal conductivity of the body l2. 1 7

Referring now to the modified emb'odiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying Figures 8 and 9, this is designated generally by the reference character 50 and consists of a warming device in the form of a hollow body 52,

provided, if desired, with a guard 54 and a back rest 56 and also, equipped in the rear portion thereof with'a filler port and plug, thelatter be: ing illustrated at 58 in Figure 8. j

However, in this instance, it is the front portion of the seat body which-is provided1with a vent port 60 and a vent plug 62, and since the filler plug and thevent plug, in this instance, are ,located in relatively opposite regions of the; seat body, the use of the aforementioned vent tube 36 is eliminated. It is to be noted that the invention may be made of any suitable material, including foldable material, such as would permit the device to be folded or collapsed for compact storage or for convenience while traveling.

Finally, in another modified embodiment-ofthe invention it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a hollow toilet seat providing a chamber for the reception of a liquid heating agent whereby the body of the seat may be heated, said seat having a filled port and a vent port communicating with said chamber, a filler plug and a vent plug provided in the respective ports, and a hollow back rest provided on said seat in communication with said chamber.

2. A warming device adapted to be detachably disposed upon a toilet seat comprising a hollow endless body adapted to receive a heated fluid, a fluid inlet port in said body, said body having-a crescent shaped hollow backrest carried by the rear portion thereof and communicating; with said hollow body.

Number Name' v Date 802,106 Matteson Oct. '17, 1905 1,250,392 Vance 1380.18, 1917 2,521,091 Paphal Sept. 5;-1950 I V FOREIGNPATENTS' Number 5 Country Date 113,049 Switzerland -4, Dec. 16,1925 

